EditorialPair of overshoes Shoe or overshoe of rubber with carved ornament of flowers and leaves, Shoes made of rubber or natural rubber, with carved ornament of flowers and leaves. Research by the ICN (written notice by Thea van Oostveen, 4-8-1998) shows that ...
EditorialCroc?-Spinelli sat with the Oxygen Gas Flask in his hand ..... I still had the strength to tap the aneroid barometer to make it easier to move his needle, Th?odore Henri Sivel, Joseph Croc?-Spinelli and Gaston Tissandier during a flight in the hot-air ...
Editorial... I was standing next to my friends, Joseph Croc?-Spinellis and Th?odore Sivels death as a result of lack of oxygen during the ride with the balloon Zenith on April 15, 1875, Gaston Tissandier after landing at Ciron, Signed: Smeeton Tilly, Fig. 46, p...
EditorialPyrrhocorax alpinus, Print, The Alpine chough, or yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its two subspecies breed in high mountains from Spain eastwards through south...
EditorialPyrrhocorax alpinus, Print, The Alpine chough, or yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its two subspecies breed in high mountains from Spain eastwards through south...
EditorialDonacia, Print, Donacia is a large genus of aquatic leaf beetles in the subfamily Donaciinae. Like other members of that subfamily, the beetles have long antennae. They are active and able to fly. Larvae feed on submerged portions of aquatic plants, su...
EditorialBacillus, Print, Bacillus (Latin "stick") is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a member of the phylum Firmicutes, with 266 named species. The term is also used to describe the shape (rod) of certain bacteria; and the plural Bacilli is the ...
EditorialChironomus, Print, Chironomus is a genus of nonbiting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family, Chironomidae, containing several cryptic species that can only be distinguished by experts based on the characteristics of their giant c...
EditorialTorpedo marmorata, Print, The marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata) is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae found in the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the North Sea to South Africa. This benthic fish inhabits rock...
EditorialPyrrhocorax alpinus, Print, The Alpine chough, or yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its two subspecies breed in high mountains from Spain eastwards through south...
EditorialPyrrhocorax alpinus, Print, The Alpine chough, or yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its two subspecies breed in high mountains from Spain eastwards through south...
EditorialPyrrhocorax alpinus, Print, The Alpine chough, or yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its two subspecies breed in high mountains from Spain eastwards through south...
EditorialTorpedo marmorata, Print, The marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata) is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae found in the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the North Sea to South Africa. This benthic fish inhabits rock...
EditorialTorpedo marmorata, Print, The marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata) is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae found in the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the North Sea to South Africa. This benthic fish inhabits rock...
EditorialDonacia, Print, Donacia is a large genus of aquatic leaf beetles in the subfamily Donaciinae. Like other members of that subfamily, the beetles have long antennae. They are active and able to fly. Larvae feed on submerged portions of aquatic plants, su...
EditorialMisgurnus fossilis, Print, Misgurnus fossilis is a species of loach in the genus Misgurnus. It is commonly known as European weatherfish or European weather loach, due to its activity patterns changing when air pressure rises or falls. If there is a su...
EditorialMisgurnus fossilis, Print, Misgurnus fossilis is a species of loach in the genus Misgurnus. It is commonly known as European weatherfish or European weather loach, due to its activity patterns changing when air pressure rises or falls. If there is a su...
EditorialAptenodytes forsteri, Print, The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 122 cm (48 in) in height and w...
EditorialAnabas scandens, Print, Anabas is a genus of climbing gouramies native to southern and eastern Asia. In the wild, Anabas species grow up to 30 cm (1 ft) long. They inhabit both brackish and fresh water. Anabas species possess a labyrinth organ, a struc...
EditorialAnoxia, Print, The term anoxia means a total depletion in the level of oxygen, an extreme form of hypoxia or "low oxygen". The terms anoxia and hypoxia are used in various contexts:.
EditorialAnoxia, Print, The term anoxia means a total depletion in the level of oxygen, an extreme form of hypoxia or "low oxygen". The terms anoxia and hypoxia are used in various contexts:.
EditorialAnabas scandens, Print, Anabas is a genus of climbing gouramies native to southern and eastern Asia. In the wild, Anabas species grow up to 30 cm (1 ft) long. They inhabit both brackish and fresh water. Anabas species possess a labyrinth organ, a struc...
EditorialAptenodytes forsteri, Print, The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 122 cm (48 in) in height and w...
EditorialVase with Dragon Handles, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Yongzheng period (1723?35), China, Porcelain with crimson-flushed blue glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm), Ceramics, A glaze is formed when clay fired onto the surface of porcelain melts...
EditorialView of journalist Joseph Croc?-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston Tissandier in the basket of the balloon, Z?nith, after losing consciousness due to lack of oxygen after reaching an altitude of nearly 28,000 ft., near Paris, France, April...
EditorialView of journalist Joseph Croc?-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston Tissandier in the basket of the balloon, Z?nith, after losing consciousness due to lack of oxygen after reaching an altitude of nearly 28,000 ft., near Paris, France, April...